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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1628" data-attributes="member: 1"><a href="https://www.consumerreports.org/food-storage/how-to-extend-food-expiration-dates/" target="_blank">How to Extend Food Expiration Dates - Consumer Reports</a>Tips for stretching the shelf life of eggs, milk, flour, and moreNobody wants to throw out good food. Nobody wants to eat food that’s gone bad. It’s a balancing act, and most of us are erring on the side of too much <a href="https://www.consumerreports.org/food/how-dated-food-labels-contribute-to-food-waste/" target="_blank">waste</a>. The average American household throws away almost a third of the food it buys, according to recent estimates from researchers at Pennsylvania State University.&nbsp; “We’ve all been there—the berries at supermarket look so tempting or your favorite brand of pasta is on sale and you buy too much,” says Amy Keating, R.D., a nutritionist at Consumer Reports. “Or you think you’ll be making dinner every night during the week, but then things come up and the food goes bad before you’ve had a chance to use it.”Fortunately, there’s a lot you can do to make sure food stays good longer—even fresh foods such as vegetables and eggs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1628, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.consumerreports.org/food-storage/how-to-extend-food-expiration-dates/'][B]How to Extend Food Expiration Dates - Consumer Reports[/B][/URL] [B]Tips for stretching the shelf life of eggs, milk, flour, and more[/B] Nobody wants to throw out good food. Nobody wants to eat food that’s gone bad. It’s a balancing act, and most of us are erring on the side of too much [URL='https://www.consumerreports.org/food/how-dated-food-labels-contribute-to-food-waste/']waste[/URL]. The average American household throws away almost a third of the food it buys, according to recent estimates from researchers at Pennsylvania State University. “We’ve all been there—the berries at supermarket look so tempting or your favorite brand of pasta is on sale and you buy too much,” says Amy Keating, R.D., a nutritionist at Consumer Reports. “Or you think you’ll be making dinner every night during the week, but then things come up and the food goes bad before you’ve had a chance to use it.” Fortunately, there’s a lot you can do to make sure food stays good longer—even fresh foods such as vegetables and eggs. [/QUOTE]

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